"San Rocco" is a nursing home which hosts, looks after and gives medical assi-stance to elderly people who are unable to live autonomously. The centre, managed by a group of social cooperatives in agreement with the Ravenna health system, is the most innovative experiment present locally. The case-study analyses the run-ning of the organization focusing on four main aspects: economic and human re-sources; the goals of the organization; the dynamics of internal integration and the dominant cultural environment.